Recycling is a must for the mining industry, BHP boss says

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Rio Tinto in July bought a $US700 million ($1 billion) half-stake in Matalco, a Canadian producer of recycled aluminium products, to develop a joint venture. Glencore is also a player in recycling, extracting and marketing critical metals such as copper, nickel, cobalt and zinc from end-of-life electronics and lithium-ion batteries. It has recycling facilities in North America, South America and Europe. AngloAmerican has described “circularity” as a key part of its “journey from mining and metals company to material solutions provider”, and has a pilot project running in the nickel sector. BHP has taken a more watchful approach, making small...